The last week has seen more planting for the wedding, more growth, more rain and a fair bit of sunshine. Temperatures remain in the low 20s for the most part but we are promised a cone of warmer air coming upwards from the Azores where it is currently offering Spain some 40 plus temperatures. By the time it reaches us it should be high 20s. I can cope with that as can the garden. No more please!
I created a mobile tomato trolley from an old crate that held some stone being used on a neighbours refurbishment. I added for large casters, lined it with unused pond liner from our experiments in pond making back in 2014/5. This can be wheeled to where the sun is best and when the wedding comes to us can be hidden away. Hopefully it works as planned.
Otherwise, while most people see the garden and a fair bit of colour, to us it looks various shades of green.
The lawn looks okay, mind…
It will come back; we will have colour for these blasted nuptials…
My name is Geoff Le Pard. Once I was a lawyer; now I am a writer. I've published several books: a four book series following Harry Spittle as he grows from hapless student to hapless partner in a London law firm; four others in different genres; a book of poetry; four anthologies of short fiction; and a memoir of my mother. I have several more in the pipeline.
I have been blogging regularly since 2014, on topic as diverse as: poetry based on famous poems; memories from my life; my garden; my dog; a whole variety of short fiction; my attempts at baking and food; travel and the consequent disasters; theatre, film and book reviews; and the occasional thought piece. Mostly it is whatever takes my fancy.
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It will be a riot of colour, you’ll see.
The tomato trolley should be patented. It could also be useful as a sort of therapy thing in care homes, I think.
Wow! Thats looks wonderful. Congratulations! British dogs appear to be conditioned to take control of the garden. Lol I had seen it on John’s Twiggy and Lucy before. 😉 Have a beautiful weekend! xx Michael
There’s already a magnificent array of colour, and plenty more to come by the looks of it.
I love the tomato trolley—it displays the kind of inventiveness with what’s at hand that would have made Geoff Hamilton proud. Though, when you say it can be wheeled to where the sun is, you don’t mean the Azores?
August 27th. Due to covid confusion, my daughter has prevailed on us to let her have the house this weekend for the hen do. Of course I said yes and then saw Linda’s wince. Mylo and I are off to our place in Suffolk. He’s too sensitive a pup to be anywhere Nearby!
Well, you are lucky its the hen do and not the bachelor party. Terence’s friends asked to use our house for his before we got married. They trashed my house and I was so mad I locked them all out. Sadly their car keys were all in my house so the lads ended up sitting outside on the pavement until my sister relented and took them their keys. No one can ever say Terence did not know how mean I was before we got married. Haha.
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Garden guardian… DOG! He shall attract color, no worries. Love the idea of the tomato trolley.
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It will be a riot of colour, you’ll see.
The tomato trolley should be patented. It could also be useful as a sort of therapy thing in care homes, I think.
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I like the idea of wheeling it to a table like the cheese trolley and offering different varieties from the vine!!
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A tomato trolley–that’s brilliant!
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It could start a new sport I think. The 100 metre ketchup race.. the ratatouille marathon…
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Yes!
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You will X
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That tomato trolley is a great idea, you could do the same with the colour you crave couldn’t you. Dog is looking good.💜
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I guess we could do several and move them around depending on mood!
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It would look lovely. The bridesmaids could push one each, and dog could pull a little cart too. 💜💜💜
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I fear the groomsmen might get ideas about chariot races, though…
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I think that would be fun..the wheel ruts would be great for drainage? 💜
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More ruination of the lawn sigh!
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Lol 💜💜
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Your garden’s looking great! 40°+ in Spain where I live is far too hot!
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Phew what a scorcha!
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If you mount an arm chair in the mobile planter you can use it in your dotage and have the kids wheel you round!
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And drool on the plants to keep them moist! Win win…
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Love the tomato trolley – brilliant! Here’s hoping some lovely weather comes your way and nothing beastly. 🙂
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Fingers crossed!!
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Your garden is lovely. The tomato trolly is genius. I take it you gave up on the pond. I had one and loved it.
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Nope, still got the pond. Just given it a trim!
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Everything looks great! How soon is the wedding?
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27th August so lots of growing time.
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Wow! Thats looks wonderful. Congratulations! British dogs appear to be conditioned to take control of the garden. Lol I had seen it on John’s Twiggy and Lucy before. 😉 Have a beautiful weekend! xx Michael
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Dogs the world over I think.
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Lol xx
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There’s already a magnificent array of colour, and plenty more to come by the looks of it.
I love the tomato trolley—it displays the kind of inventiveness with what’s at hand that would have made Geoff Hamilton proud. Though, when you say it can be wheeled to where the sun is, you don’t mean the Azores?
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Ha. I’m reading this watching thunder approach like a stealth downpour. Apparently it’s set to improve this week now Wimbledons done. Apparently…
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You are a great dad, Geoff, to go to so much trouble over getting the garden right for the nuptials. Surely they must be soon now.
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August 27th. Due to covid confusion, my daughter has prevailed on us to let her have the house this weekend for the hen do. Of course I said yes and then saw Linda’s wince. Mylo and I are off to our place in Suffolk. He’s too sensitive a pup to be anywhere Nearby!
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Well, you are lucky its the hen do and not the bachelor party. Terence’s friends asked to use our house for his before we got married. They trashed my house and I was so mad I locked them all out. Sadly their car keys were all in my house so the lads ended up sitting outside on the pavement until my sister relented and took them their keys. No one can ever say Terence did not know how mean I was before we got married. Haha.
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Ha. On to have been a fly on that wall!!
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Haha, Geoff, you would have known exactly what was going on from the drunken shouting on the street.
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The tomato trolley is brilliant. The garden is beautiful. Do you mow? If so, your lines are straight and perfectly crossed.
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